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Inner speech as a forward model?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2013

Gary M. Oppenheim
Gary M. Oppenheim*
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Center for Research in Language, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0526. goppenheim@crl.ucsd.edu http://crl.ucsd.edu/~goppenheim/
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Abstract

Pickering & Garrod (P&G) consider the possibility that inner speech might be a product of forward production models. Here I consider the idea of inner speech as a forward model in light of empirical work from the past few decades, concluding that, while forward models could contribute to it, inner speech nonetheless requires activity from the implementers.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 369 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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